Rafael Cavalcante
13–6 · 21 recorded bouts · 2006–2017
Rafael Cavalcante finished 100% of 13 wins inside the distance — the 87th percentile for light heavyweight MMA, where the median is 78%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.
What is on record
| Reach | not recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 72″ (182.9 cm) | |
| Stance | — | |
| Division | Light Heavyweight MMA competed at 2: heavyweight, light heavyweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 2000s | |
| Country | Brazil |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Rafael Cavalcante, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
MMA record
13–6
19 bouts on record
Finish rate
100%
of wins ended inside the distance — light heavyweight MMA median 78%, 87th percentile
The career, bout by bout
21 recorded bouts from 2006 to 2017. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
12y
2006–2017
Longest unbeaten run
5
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
2006
3 bouts
Recorded bouts
21
21 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | W | Dan Konecke | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2016 | L | Ovince Saint Preux | Decision | 3 |
| 2015 | L | Patrick Cummins | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2014 | L | Ryan Bader | Decision | 3 |
| 2013 | W | Igor Pokrajac | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2013 | L | Thiago Silva | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2012 | N | Mike Kyle | — | 1 |
| 2011 | W | Yoel Romero | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2011 | L | Dan Henderson | KO/TKO | — |
| 2010 | W | Muhammed Lawal | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 2010 | W | Antwain Britt | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2009 | W | Aaron Rosa | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2009 | L | Mike Kyle | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2008 | W | Travis Galbraith | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2008 | W | Wayne Cole | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2008 | W | John Doyle | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 2007 | L | Márcio Cruz | DQ | 3 |
| 2007 | W | Devin Cole | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2006 | W | Rubens Xavier | Submission | 1 |
| 2006 | W | Miodrag Petkovic | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 2006 | W | Eduardo Maiorino | KO/TKO | 1 |
12 of these opponents have their own page here.
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 183 light heavyweight MMA fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Rafael Cavalcante on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2025-07-23. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.